view of Qanat al-Jaish in Baghdad
Army Canal ( in Arabic) is a waterway connecting the
Tigris
The Tigris () is the easternmost of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates. The river flows south from the mountains of the Armenian Highlands through the Syrian and Arabian Deserts, and empties into the ...
and
Diyala rivers, forms the western boundary of
Sadr City
Sadr City ( ar, مدينة الصدر, translit=Madīnat aṣ-Ṣadr), formerly known as Al-Thawra ( ar, الثورة, aṯ-Ṯawra) and Saddam City ( ar, مدينة صدام, Madīnat Ṣaddām), is a suburb district of the city of Baghdad, Iraq. ...
, and when completed, will once again supply irrigation water to nearby agricultural areas and clean drinking water to
Rusafa,
Baghdad
Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon ...
. along its course a highway road runs. The Army Canal, which runs a total of 25 kilometers spanning from Adhamiyah (
Saba Abkar
Saba Abkar is an area, north of Baghdad, Iraq, located on the eastern bank of Tigris, just outside of Adhamiya
Al-Adhamiyah ( ar, الأعظمية, ''al-aʿẓamiyyah''; BGN: ''Al A‘z̧amīyah''), also Azamiya, is a neighborhood and east-ce ...
) in northeastern Baghdad to Rustimiyah in southeastern Baghdad, was built on October 10, 1960, and inaugurated on July 15, 1961, by Abd al-Kareem Qassim,
the former president of Iraq. It later became a ribbon of stagnant water because of sludge, low water levels, and lack of maintenance.
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Major Iraqi-led project begins with Army Canal
Buildings and structures in Baghdad
Canals in Iraq
Canals opened in 1960
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